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“My husband didn't have one on his but I thought perhaps it was just because it was an older licence.

“But when I asked my friends and all the women had their titles on their licences, I couldn't believe it.

“If women don't use Dr and aren't professionals, they normally have to choose Mrs, Miss or Ms - they aren't given an option.

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“I would really hope that people wouldn't discriminate against me because my title is shown on my licence.

“I would hope they'd treat me the same whether I am a married or unmarried man or woman.

“I can understand that there is a case for businesses or organisations knowing if they are complying with equality regulations or not, so they can say ‘we know that we are employing people who fit into certain categories’ but the fact is that the DVLA don't require this information for a man, leads me to question why they need it for a woman.”

Ashley Kent and her colleague, both scientists, flagged their problem to the DVLA on Twitter

She asked the DVLA: “If you don’t need it for men, then why require it for women?”

A DLVA spokesperson later said a new licence without the title would be provided.

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The spokesperson said: “We recognise the rights of individuals to be identified as they choose, including the use of titles that do not indicate marital status such as Ms or not displaying any title on the licence.

“If a driver does not wish to have a title, they can select ‘no title’ using our online service or not tick any title boxes on the form.”